10 February 2026

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

Establishing the Board of Peace: Key Questions about the Launch of the Trump Administration’s New Peace-Building Initiative (Just Security, Feb. 2026) [text]
- See also related TNH opinion piece.

Lebanon’s First Refugee Crisis and the Paradox of Non-Integration (Borders and Limitations: The IMS Blog, Dec. 2025) [text]

OPT Post-ceasefire Deal Reality, Humanitarian Access Snapshot #13 (ActionAid et al., Dec. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Refugee Platform in Egypt launches the first interactive digital database to archive public policies on migration and asylum in Egypt and Mediterranean countries (RPE, Feb. 2026) [text]

Reports:

Article 1D of the Refugee Convention and Palestinians from Gaza: the cessation of UNRWA protection and assistance?, MOBILE Working Paper, no. 75 Univ. of Copenhagen, Oct. 2025) [text]

Humanitarian Access Overview - Spotlight on fragmented contexts: Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Yemen (ACAPS, Dec. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Leveraging comparative advantages to advance solutions for refugees in Jordan: UNHCR's catalytic role in a context of scarce humanitarian funding (UNHCR, Feb. 2026) [text]

Refugee inclusion and urban livelihoods: A qualitative assessment of UNHCR’s refugee livelihood support program in Alexandria, Egypt (CGIAR, Dec. 2025) [text]

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Continuity and change in Saudi Arabia's development and humanitarian aid," Chapter in Foreign Aid of Gulf States: Continuity and Change (Routledge, 2025) [open access]

"The evolution of the Gulf states as humanitarian donors," Chapter in Foreign Aid of Gulf States: Continuity and Change (Routledge, 2025) [open access]

"Exploring the preference for bilateral aid: Gulf oil states' aid to Yemen," Chapter in Foreign Aid of Gulf States: Continuity and Change (Routledge, 2025) [open access]

"Navigating Vulnerability in the Context of Resettlement: Syrian Youth in Türkiye," Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, vol. 42, no. 1 (2026) [open access]

"The prohibition on forced displacement, the right to leave, non-refoulement, and the right to return: four sides of the same coin?," International & Comparative Law Quarterly (Forthcoming) [postprint]

"Saudi Arabia's foreign aid: the singularity of Yemen as a case study," Chapter in Foreign Aid of Gulf States: Continuity and Change (Routledge, 2025) [open access]

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